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| location: North America |
| edibility: Inedible |
| fungus colour: White to cream, Red or redish or pink |
| normal size: 5-15cm |
| cap type: Other |
| stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent |
| flesh: Flesh granular or brittle |
| spore colour: White, cream or yellowish |
| habitat: Grows on other fungi |
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Hypomyces hyalinus (Schw. ex Fr.) Tul. Fruit body a whitish to pink-tinged mold that produces reddish or amber perithecia. It forms a dense, thick covering on its amanita hosts, distorting them into thick, club-shaped forms that are unrecognizable. Spores spindle-shaped, strongly warted, transparent, unequally 2-celled; 13-22 x 4.5-6.5µ. Habitat on Amanita rubescens, Amanita flavorubescens, Amanita frostiana, and possibly Amanita bisporigera. Found in northeastern North America west to Colorado and south to North Carolina. Season June-October. Not edible. |
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